5.1 PTR: New PvP Faction Rewards and Quests

The conflict between the Alliance and Horde is really heating up in 5.1. In the recent PTR patch, vendors were added in Krasarang Wilds that sell zone-specific PvP items, and we datamined a few more quest chains charting the story developments in this area. (Edit: This article was updated 11/28 with finalized Commendation items and prices.)

Krasarang Wilds PvP Rewards

As you quest in Krasarang's PvP areas, you'll loot commendations from enemy NPCs and players. These commendations are only acquired from looting--they are not quest rewards. Players can turn them into items that buff other players, increase their base's defenses, and even give players additional reputation quests. Proveditor Grantley and Ongrom Black Tooth sell these items.

These items are dropped by Horde NPCs and players. They can be turned into for items that reinforce your base, buff players, or offer additional quests.

Item

Cost

Buffs

: Buffs nearby players with .

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: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs players who eat with +250 of a useful stat, unlimited charges.

Combat Aides

: Place out a box of banners for Alliance players in Lion's Landing.

: Creates a chest that can be clicked on 5 times to summon 5 which aid you in combat in Krasarang.

: Creates a purple stone that transforms you into the opposite faction for 5 minutes when clicked on.

Defensive Guards

: Can be used at Lion's Landing Graveyard or Domination Point Graveyard.

: Can be used at the Ogudei Shrine or Blacksand Oilfield.

: Can be used at Lion's Landing Tower or Domination Point Tower.

Portals

Quests

: Starts

: Starts

: Starts

Vanity

: Constantly spawns the capturable pet .

These items are dropped by Alliance NPCs and players. They can be turned into for items that reinforce your base, buff players, or offer additional quests.

Item

Cost

Buffs

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs nearby players with .

: Buffs players who eat with +250 of a useful stat, unlimited charges.

Combat Aides

: Place out a box of banners for Horde players in Domination Point.

: Creates a chest that can be clicked on 5 times to summon 5 which aid you in combat in Krasarang.

: Creates a purple stone that transforms you into the opposite faction for 5 minutes when clicked on.

Defensive Guards

: Can be used at Lion's Landing Graveyard or Domination Point Graveyard.

: Can be used at the Ogudei Shrine or Blacksand Oilfield.

: Can be used at Lion's Landing Tower or Domination Point Tower.

Portals

Quests

: Starts

: Starts

: Starts

Vanity

: Constantly spawns the capturable pet .

Legendary Quests

To proceed with the legendary questline, Wrathion wants you to hit Revered with by killing the opposing faction in Krasarang Wilds. This seems like it will take a while, so you might as well get your 5.1 dailies done while working on it.

: Speak with Wrathion at the Tavern in the Mists.

: Win 10 battlegrounds on behalf of the Alliance.

: Kill Horde forces along the southern shores of Krasarang Wilds until you are Revered with the Black Prince.

: Speak with Wrathion.

: Kill Warlord Bloodhilt at Domination Point in Krasarang Wilds. You will need a group.

Horde:

: Speak with Wrathion at the Tavern in the Mists.

: Win 10 battlegrounds on behalf of the Horde.

: Kill Alliance forces along the southern shores of Krasarang Wilds until you are Revered with the Black Prince.

: Speak with Wrathion.

: Kill High Marshall Twinbraid at Domination Point in Krasarang Wilds. You will need a group.

We've put the Alliance and Horde quests under the cut--spoilers beware. Check out our 5.1 audio clips for even more information on the plot developments.

Faction Quests in Krasarang Wilds

After the Alliance has landed in Krasarang Wilds, you must find an agent in the Brawler's Guild who is posing undercover as a wealthy patron.

: Speak with Scout Lynna at Krasarang Cove in Krasarang Wilds. It has been two months since the Alliance have landed on Pandaria.

: Speak to Anduin Wrynn in The Imperial Exchange at the Shrine of Seven Stars in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

: Confront 6 Lion's Landing Soldiers. The Sha have escaped containment from one of Brann Bronzebeard's missions and have corrupted some soldiers.

There's an additional mission for Connelly:

: Speak to Agent Connelly at One Keg in Kun-Lai Summit.

: Collect 1 Kor'kron Helmet, 1 Kor'kron Armor, and 1 Kor'kron Boots, then combine them into a Kor'kron Disguise. You are doing this to prevent Garrosh from finding the Divine Bell. (Based on the Horde chain, it appears it ended up in Darnassus and later made its way to Silvermoon.)

: Use the Kor'kron Disguise to enter the camp. Then drink the Memory Brew and witness Shan Kien's past.

On the side, the Alliance has been befriending some of the Hozen, in the hopes of finding another artifact to counteract the Divine Bell:

: Speak with Anduin Wrynn at the Tomb of Conquerers in Kun-Lai Summit.

: Help Anduin Wrynn find the Monkey King in the Valley of Emperors.

: Find the object the Monkey King described in his riddle.

: Recover the Mallet Head.

: Obtain the Harmonic Mallet.

: Recover the Harmonic Ointment.

: Obtain Metal Brew.

: Defeat the Challenger at the Tiger Temple.

: Listen to the Monkey King's story.

The Horde questline seems more fragmented, but we can still tell that there's a lot going on as the Blood Elves, Thrall, and Vol'jin get involved in the conflict.

: Light the Signal Fire on the beach of the Horde Landing Site to signal the fleet.

We don't have quest descriptions for this part, but we think they parallel the Alliance's experiences going to the Brawler's club. It then appears that your character is involved in the clash between the Sunreaver's allegiances to the Kirin Tor as well as the Horde:

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Horde have various ingredient quests to make : , , , which lead to : Weaken and capture Shan Tien.

The Horde are interested both in killing off the Mogu who are threatening them, and harnessing their powers.

: Meet your "Friend from Silvermoon" at the Valley of Emperors in Kun-Lai Summit.

Комментарии

Комментарий от p3lim

on 2012-10-19T12:27:25-05:00

Why does Blizzard insist that we have to do PvP do progress in PvE?I don't like that aspect of the game, why should I be forced to do it to progress in the way I prefer to?This game is just getting more stupid by the second.

Комментарий от vendettafrost

on 2012-10-19T12:32:41-05:00

very sick. i was a sad panda that there was no world pvp zone for mop. now we have atleast something for pvp

Комментарий от costaapth

on 2012-10-19T12:32:42-05:00

Why does Blizzard insist that we have to do PvP do progress in PvE?I don't like that aspect of the game, why should I be forced to do it to progress in the way I prefer to?This game is just getting more stupid by the second.

Because it's a WAR expansion....

Комментарий от voreo

on 2012-10-19T12:37:00-05:00

Huh after reading those quests....looks like Anduin isnt dead.

Комментарий от lonewolfe31705

on 2012-10-19T12:37:18-05:00

To proceed with the legendary questline, Wrathion wants you to hit Revered with The Black Prince by killing the opposing faction in Krasarang Wilds. This seems like it will take a while, so you might as well get your 5.1 dailies done while working on it.

A legendary may help you in PvE, but doesn't mean it is a requirement. Blizzard is trying to cater to millions of players, not just one.

I understand your frustration as I only did PvP on my rogue, and the only way I could get his legendary was to take him into raids when there was a spot available and my main wasn't needed. So I had to suck it up, spend the time to get him geared up, and then run raids to get my daggers. If I didn't care about the daggers, I would have just stuck to PvP and been all meh..who cares about it.

Комментарий от rayquaza11

on 2012-10-19T12:40:02-05:00

I don't think you need to PVP to complete dailies and earn rep, you'll only be fighting horde NPCs on PVE servers unless you flag yourself.

Комментарий от BosephHeyden

on 2012-10-19T13:02:28-05:00

It'll be interesting to see if there's even enough people for this to be entertaining. It seems like most of my server has already left because of how slow and dull the rep grinds were for dailies.

Комментарий от Sarydus

on 2012-10-19T13:12:38-05:00

When Blizzard said the Blood Elves would have a bigger role in 5.1, I thought they were just blowing smoke, but man they were not kidding.

Комментарий от lonewolfe31705

on 2012-10-19T13:55:59-05:00

I don't think you need to PVP to complete dailies and earn rep, you'll only be fighting horde NPCs on PVE servers unless you flag yourself.

If you look at the quest The Lion Roar or Glory to the Horde, it says win 10 BGs for your faction to proceed down the legendary quest line. Not sure if this is what he was talking to or not.

Комментарий от ElhonnaDS

on 2012-10-19T14:13:20-05:00

I don't think you need to PVP to complete dailies and earn rep, you'll only be fighting horde NPCs on PVE servers unless you flag yourself.

If you look at the quest The Lion Roar or Glory to the Horde, it says win 10 BGs for your faction to proceed down the legendary quest line. Not sure if this is what he was talking to or not.

If you do Alterac Valley, that's barely PvP anyway- you could knock those out fairly quickly.

Комментарий от Rankkor

on 2012-10-19T14:20:07-05:00

I don't think you need to PVP to complete dailies and earn rep, you'll only be fighting horde NPCs on PVE servers unless you flag yourself.

If you look at the quest The Lion Roar or Glory to the Horde, it says win 10 BGs for your faction to proceed down the legendary quest line. Not sure if this is what he was talking to or not.

ya but winning 10 BGs is relatively easy. The part I'm afraid of, is that the dailies involving the "kill X alliance" or "Kill X Horde" involve killing PLAYERS in the Krasarang wilds.

Or worse, Killing NPCs that flag you for pvp. One of the reasons I rarely quested in wintergrasp was because even on a PVE realm it flagged me for pvp, and I hate gankers.

Комментарий от Azrile

on 2012-10-19T14:36:02-05:00

Every good story needs a hero...... er... every good story needs a corruption. Metzen is such a hack writer. Does everything have to do with someone being corrupted?

As for pvp, are we sure that killing the NPCs will flag you? That is pretty rough on a lot of pve servers.

Комментарий от Solarknight

on 2012-10-19T15:00:11-05:00

Why does Blizzard insist that we have to do PvP do progress in PvE?I don't like that aspect of the game, why should I be forced to do it to progress in the way I prefer to?This game is just getting more stupid by the second.

I love that they snuck this into the legendary progression. They should have done this a long time ago. If you want the legendary, you have to experience all aspects of the game. (I'm calling it now, the last part will be a pet battle between your level 25 pets and Garrosh's level 27 pets).

I mainly do PvE, but I do PvP to break up my pattern sometimes. It'll be great to do.

Комментарий от Cowsarebak

on 2012-10-19T15:02:15-05:00

Why does Blizzard insist that we have to do PvP do progress in PvE?I don't like that aspect of the game, why should I be forced to do it to progress in the way I prefer to?

Switch around PvP and PvE and you'll have the same question PvPers have been asking for 7 years now.

Комментарий от Solarknight

on 2012-10-19T15:06:39-05:00

I don't think you need to PVP to complete dailies and earn rep, you'll only be fighting horde NPCs on PVE servers unless you flag yourself.

If you look at the quest The Lion Roar or Glory to the Horde, it says win 10 BGs for your faction to proceed down the legendary quest line. Not sure if this is what he was talking to or not.

ya but winning 10 BGs is relatively easy. The part I'm afraid of, is that the dailies involving the "kill X alliance" or "Kill X Horde" involve killing PLAYERS in the Krasarang wilds.

Or worse, Killing NPCs that flag you for pvp. One of the reasons I rarely quested in wintergrasp was because even on a PVE realm it flagged me for pvp, and I hate gankers.

I hope it is for killing players only. I found it weird that in WG you could kill the guards for the weekly quest. If it is players only, then you have to do PvP in order to get the rewards you want. It's about what you are willing to do, and if you are smart about it, group up with your guild (or at the least, with others in the area).

If this stops you from going after the legendary, then you don't want it bad enough. It isn't required for progression anyway. Legendaries never have.

Комментарий от matheus314

on 2012-10-19T15:52:36-05:00

The only difference is that PvP is a sub-game from the main game that is PvE.

Комментарий от Balthazaurus

on 2012-10-19T16:53:41-05:00

I hope it is for killing players only. I found it weird that in WG you could kill the guards for the weekly quest. If it is players only, then you have to do PvP in order to get the rewards you want. It's about what you are willing to do, and if you are smart about it, group up with your guild (or at the least, with others in the area).

If this stops you from going after the legendary, then you don't want it bad enough. It isn't required for progression anyway. Legendaries never have.

Then what about realms that are wildly unbalanced? Area 52 is a high population PvE realm that's about 90% Horde, 10% Alliance. Wintergrasp before the changes used to be about 5 Alliance players being camped in their graveyards by 40 Horde. Tol Barad had exciting 4 vs. 4 battles. You can find rare spawns more easily than level 90 Alliance players in Pandaria. Even if they would add cross-realm to Pandaria, the realm is full so the areas would be too crowded to even trigger CRZ. We'll pretty much need to have NPCs that give reputation in order to advance in the quest line.

It's not about how badly you want it for some of us, it's about the resources available to make it happen. Required or not, it wouldn't be fair to shut out entire realms based on something that's out of our hands.

Комментарий от Rainemard

on 2012-10-19T17:06:54-05:00

It has been two months since the Alliance have landed on Pandaria.

So... looking at 5.1 release around Nov.27?

Комментарий от Adamsm

on 2012-10-19T17:25:53-05:00

It has been two months since the Alliance have landed on Pandaria.

So... looking at 5.1 release around Nov.27?

Probably not.

Комментарий от Solarknight

on 2012-10-19T18:01:54-05:00

Then what about realms that are wildly unbalanced? Area 52 is a high population PvE realm that's about 90% Horde, 10% Alliance. Wintergrasp before the changes used to be about 5 Alliance players being camped in their graveyards by 40 Horde. Tol Barad had exciting 4 vs. 4 battles. You can find rare spawns more easily than level 90 Alliance players in Pandaria. Even if they would add cross-realm to Pandaria, the realm is full so the areas would be too crowded to even trigger CRZ. We'll pretty much need to have NPCs that give reputation in order to advance in the quest line.

It's not about how badly you want it for some of us, it's about the resources available to make it happen. Required or not, it wouldn't be fair to shut out entire realms based on something that's out of our hands.

My suggestions still stand. If you are the minority, then it is more important to group up. The good news is that you have plenty of opportunity to find the enemy. If you are the majority, it would actually be harder to complete those tasks, as there is not enough of the minority to go after.

I don't like CRZ. I've stated my issues with it on the WoW forums, so I will not go into it here (although you can group with your friends from other realms and work together in Pandaria, I believe). It would help balance the player base out, but I believe it is up to the players to even things out. There are selling points to being the minority. "Come to our realm! Plenty of Horde to kill!" Get your friends to transfer or get new players to play. I do think Blizzard does a terrible job of suggesting which realms for a new player to join, but that is for another thread.

But, I have to ask, is there World PvP (even TB and WG) on really unbalanced realms? Blizzard has tools in TB and WG to balance the number of players on each side, but it doesn't happen very often. So if those PvP zones are still being used on the really imbalanced realms, it must work somehow.